Barnard 142 / 143 wide field in Aquila
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Dark nebula
Aql
2017-07-20
ATHOS Centro Astronómico / La Palma (900m)
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L @ f/3.5 + mechanical stopper
Astrotrac TT320X
74x2min
2h 28min
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EOS 6D (ISO 1600)
Image acquisition by CEDIC team (Bernhard Hubl, Christoph Kaltseis, Markus Blauensteiner, Michael Hanl) Image processing by Bernhard Hubl
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2 000 Ly
Barnard's E Nebula (officially designated as Barnard 142 and 143) is a pair of dark nebulae in constellation Aquila. Its size is about 0.5 degrees, and its distance from earth is estimated at about 2,000 light-years. Further dark nebulae visible in the above wide-field image: Barnard 333, Barnard 334, Barnard 335, Barnard 336, Barnard 337, Barnard 338, Barnard 339, Barnard 340 LDN 673, LDN 684, LDN 698, LDN 704